MARINE DETACHMENT

MARINE CORP HYMN
From the halls of Montezuma
To the shores of Tripoli
We fight our country’s battles
In the air, on land, and sea
First to fight for right and freedom
And to keep our honor clean;
We are proud to claim the title
OF UNITED STATES MARINES
 
Tom MacFarlane was instrumental in organizing the Marines to attend the Des Moines Reunion.

Marine detachments which served on the USS Des Moines over the years

1948 - No data

1949 - No data

1950 - No Data

1951 - 1952

1952 - Aug-Dec

1953

1954 - No Data

1955

1956

1957 

1958

1959

1960 

1961 - No Data

Sgt Jack Moore

​Jim Chapman wrote: 
Here are pictures provide to me by the son of Sgt. Jack Moore (His son is also a Marine Sgt.) Jack enlisted in the Marine Corps for two years in 1958.

Marine Enlisted Ranking

Marine Enlisted, Commissioned Officers, Warrant Officers

Marine Boot Camp

United States Marine Corps Recruit Training, commonly known as "boot camp", is a 13-week program of initial training that each recruit must successfully complete in order to serve in the United States Marine Corps. All enlisted individuals entering the Marine Corps, regardless of eventual active or reserve duty status, will undergo recruit training at one of the two Marine Corps Recruit Depots (MCRD): Parris Island, South Carolina, or San Diego, California. Male recruits from the 8th, 9th and 12th recruiting districts (areas west of the Mississippi River except Louisiana, and including parts of Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin and Michigan) are sent to MCRD San Diego. All recruits from the 1st, 4th and 6th recruiting districts and all female recruits are sent to Parris Island.​
Recruit Depot - Parris Island, South Carolina
Part I
Part II
Part III
Part IV
Thanks to Jim Chapman for sharing his Recruit book, The Third Battalion, Patoon 378
October 1956 - January 1957

Recruit Depot - San Diego, CA - If you have a book, send it to the web master, it will be returned undamaged.